When Rong Ruo arrived at Yuan Zhao's room, Yuan Zhao was already fast asleep.

Perhaps because she was back at her parents' home, she seemed incredibly relaxed, and even her sleeping posture became unruly.

As the weather got warmer, she didn't cover herself properly with the blanket. Instead, she held the blanket between her legs and wrapped it tightly around her chest.

As she moved, Rongruo could see her slender, snow-white legs that were exposed.

His gaze faltered, and that familiar heat surged up in his heart again, revealing a strange irritation on his face.

He shifted his gaze to Yuan Zhao's face.

Yuan Zhao was sleeping soundly today, unaware of the oppressive atmosphere emanating from someone in the room.

Rong Ruo was indignant. He was aroused by her, but the instigator was sleeping soundly, which made him extremely resentful.

He couldn't help but raise his hand and gently rub her face. Yuan Zhao seemed to sense something was wrong and tilted her head. As soon as she moved, Rong Ruo immediately withdrew his hand.

He glanced at his hands, a look of shock in his eyes.

What was he just doing?

I clearly couldn't stand seeing her sleeping so soundly, and I wanted to wake her up and see the surprise and tension in her eyes. But why did it end up as a caress?

Something's not right!

This is not the first time this has happened.

Last night too!

If he hadn't managed to maintain his composure at the last moment, he doesn't know what would have happened.

He clearly hates being touched by others; if someone touches him, he'll wipe himself clean for ages. But yesterday, he actually…

Rong Ruo closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were filled with complex emotions.

He sensed something was spiraling out of control, and he was powerless to stop it now.

This loss of control had already existed since he began to treat Yuan Zhao differently, but he didn't realize it at the time, which led to the current situation.

The complexity in Rong Ruo's eyes didn't last long before he erased it.

He glanced at the sleeping Yuan Zhao, his eyes already filled with determination.

Since this woman has caused him to lose control, then controlling the source of that loss of control is not a big deal.

So what if she's a general's daughter?

If it's something he wants, he'll get it.

Besides, she cares about too many things, and he has plenty of ways to make her obey.

Rongruo didn't think there was anything wrong with his thoughts.

He was cold-hearted from a young age; no one taught him what love was or how to treat someone properly.

All he knows is plunder.

At this moment, Yuan Zhao was no different from power in his eyes. If he wanted it, he would find a way to get it.

Thinking this way, he immediately felt relieved.

He stopped being awkward and took off his outer robe without any burden, lying down next to Yuan Zhao and embracing her.

Yuan Zhao did not sleep well in the latter half of the night. She kept having dreams in which she was being entangled by a giant python, and no matter how hard she struggled, she could not get rid of it.

The giant python kept coiled around her tightly, preventing her from moving at all.

As dawn broke, Yuan Zhao finally couldn't bear the suffocating feeling any longer and slowly opened his eyes.

But the next second, she froze.

What came into view was a fair chest, and she finally understood why she had been dreaming all night.

Everything in the dream is real, except the object of the entanglement has changed from the giant python to Rong Ruo, that wicked star.

When did he arrive?

He wasn't even here last night.

Also, why did he get into her bed and hold her so tightly?

Countless thoughts flashed through Yuan Zhao's mind until the evil star opened his eyes and looked at her with an expression she had never seen before:

"woke up?"

Yuan Zhao felt a strange chill.

At that moment, she felt that Rong Ruo was overlapping with the giant python in her dream, and his eyes seemed to want to devour her whole.